<span style="color: #222222;">Turkish police began nationwide raids aimed at detaining over 200 military personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt. Officials and state media reported this. Thousands have been jailed in the ongoing crackdown.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The Istanbul public prosecutor said it issued arrest warrants for 176 active duty military personnel from different armed forces over alleged links to Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen's movement.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Critics say the government is using the purge to crackdown on dissent but Turkish officials stress the raids are necessary to eradicate Gulen's influence in state bodies.<br />'' Turkey says US-based Gulen ordered the failed overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but he vehemently denies the charges.</span><br />'' <br />'' <br />'' <br />